The Partnership for Shared Book Collections plans to provide the following initial services to support both existing and emerging shared print monograph programs. These services take into account where external groups are already engaged in similar work and could be partnered with to encourage development/success.
| Type of Service | Goal/Objectives |
| Best Practices | The Partnership will research, identify, and promote evidence-based best practices and guidelines. |
| Marketing / Communication | The Partnership will develop a Marketing/Communication toolkit to address Members’ communication needs related to shared print. |
| Shared Print Efficiencies | The Partnership will investigate activities that best scale at the network-level of shared print work, such as conducting research about shared print issues (e.g. optimal number of copies). |
| Shared Print Program Directory | The Partnership will provide and maintain a directory of shared print programs in order to help libraries understand available options. |
| Program Support Services | The Partnership will support emerging shared print programs or shared print programs without sufficient staff. |
| Resource Sharing | Develop principles for access to content across shared print programs that have shared agreements across members. |
| Identify Unique Materials | The Partnership will facilitate a process to analyze library monograph collections and identify unique or scarcely held materials so they may be preserved within Member programs. |
| Discovery/Metadata | The Partnership will investigate feasible approaches to integrating retention commitments within a program or across programs for discovery by individual participating libraries. |